Concept Systems and Ontologies: Recommendations for Basic Terminology

Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-441

  Klein, Gunnar O ^a   Smith, Barry ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept systems; Ontologies; Terminology

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE; HEALTH INFORMATICS; PARTIAL MAPPINGS; TECHNICAL STANDARDS;

TERMINOLOGY;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77955903031     PISSN: 13460714     EISSN: 13468030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1527/tjsai.25.433     Document Type: Article

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